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Trent Lott: In order to put into perspective the concerns of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, it may be helpful to review some of the…

On the recordJanuary 21, 1997
In order to put into perspective the concerns of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, it may be helpful to review some of the background leading up to this agreement. In 1981, the U.S. Government terminated its subsidy program to the U.S. shipbuilding industry. Thus, in 1989, the United States went to the negotiating table as the only nonsubsidizing shipbuilding country. The U.S. shipbuilding industry had already lost all of its commercial shipbuilding market share and was bracing itself for a dramatic decrease in Navy shipbuilding orders.
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Trent Lott

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Discussing the challenges faced by the U.S. shipbuilding industry during a floor speech.

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